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询

xún

HSK 5 Character Traditional 詢

What 询 means

1. to ask about
2. to inquire about

Example sentences

• 询问处在哪里？
  Where is the information counter?
• 请向服务台询问。
  Qǐng xiàng fúwùtái xúnwèn.
  Please ask at the information desk.
• 我想咨询点儿事情。
  Wǒ xiǎng zīxún diǎnr shìqing.
  I'd like some advice on something.
• 游客谘询处在哪里?
  Yóukè zīxún chǔzài nǎlǐ?
  Where is the tourist information office?
• 游客咨询处在哪里?
  Where is the tourist information office?
• 你应该谘询你的医生。
  Nǐ yīnggāi zīxún nǐ de yīshēng.
  You should consult your doctor.

Words starting with 询

• 询问xún wènto inquire; to ask about
• 询价xún jiàquotation request; price inquiry; price check
• 询查xún cháto make inquiries
• 询问台xún wèn táiinformation desk
• 询根问底xún gēn wèn dǐlit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
• 询盘xún páninquiry

Words containing 询

• 咨询zī xúnto inquire; to consult; to seek advice from
• 查询chá xúnto check; to inquire; to consult (a document etc)
• 征询zhēng xúnto consult; to solicit the opinion of
• 探询tàn xúnto inquire into; to ask after
• 质询zhì xúnto question; to enquire; interrogatory
• 轮询lún xún(computing) to poll
• 线上查询xiàn shàng chá xúnonline search
• 咨询员zī xún yuánadvisor; consultant
• 欧阳询Ōu yáng XúnOuyang Xun (557-641), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家
• 追询zhuī xúnto interrogate; to question closely
• 洽询qià xúnto inquire (of); to consult
• 谘询zī xúnconsultation; to consult; to inquire
• 国际电报电话咨询委员会Guó jì Diàn bào Diàn huà Zī xún Wěi yuán huìInternational Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
• 问询wèn xúnsee 询问

Characters built on 旬

These share the phonetic component 旬 (xún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 殉xùnto be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
• 徇xùnto give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. xún
• 洵xúntruly; whirlpool
• 荀xún(archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts…
• 峋xúnused in 嶙峋
• 郇xúnname of a feudal state
• 恂xúnsincere

Characters that look like 询

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 诱yòu(literary) to induce; to entice
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…
• 绚xuànadorned; swift; gorgeous
• 诩xǔto brag; popular; lovely
• 佝gōuused in 佝偻; Taiwan pr. kòu

Sounds the same

Read xún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 寻to search; to look for; to seek
• 旬(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month…
• 循(bound form) to follow; to act in accordance with
• 巡to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 浔name of a river; steep bank
• 恂sincere
• 荀(archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts…
• 洵truly; whirlpool
• 鲟sturgeon; Acipenser sturio
• 峋used in 嶙峋
• 珣(gem)
• 郇name of a feudal state